The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-22
THURSDAY. DECEMBER %, 1881
OUR SCHOOLS.
Meeting of Property Taxpayers on
Tuesday kveniug.

4 meeting of Taxpayers, called by
! the Board of School Trustees, was held
on Tuesday evening, in the Tabernacle,
IN this city. Mr. Joseph Stanford,
chairman of of the board, regret ed that
here we're 50 few, apparently, inter
ested il educational matters IN the city
and stated that the secretary would
read the published announcement #
| the meeting and its objects.
Mr.. John Watson, secretary of the
| board then read the notice convenlrg
the meeting, which stated the trus ees
desired vote of the taxpayers for an
assessment of one mill Oh The dollar on
the taxable property of the Ogden
,oDoCl district for Lie maintenance of
gradeh department for students
over IL years of age
The chairman then read portions OF
Sections 4 and 10 of the school law
passed In 1884. aud said that the h4f
mill assessed three year, ago for the
maintenance of the department n
question, had long since been expended
and that last Y ear they had been COM
PEELED to spend the SUN of 81, 042 IS ont
O. the appropriation fund. fne trus-
tees now asked the tax PAYERS to as
sumo The responsibility to say whether
the academic depaf tment shout be
C 'ntinued or discontinued the latter
c mt geucy being inevIfab'e f The tax
should not be Vo ed. They were short
ABOUT 1900, the tuition fees onIy
amounting'to $3.50 while the amount
already expended was $500 Mr. Stan
ford then introduced some figures snow
Fbl- flaar, h Il =
TO meet the salaries of teachers, which
alone amounted to $685. per month.
The taxasked for-only nominal one
would realize $780,. of which they
could use 81 900 towards the school ex-
penses, appropriating the balance to
wards the academic department.
Trustee John Watson confirmed the
statement of the chairman. and as a
tax payer moved that the vote asked
for by the trustees be granted. He felt
individually, that the tax was SO small
that refusal to comply with the re-
cushion of the board would reflect dis
Creditably against the distri t, and
asked those who might feel predi posed
10 vote against the proposition to give
the matter mature consideration.
Mr.. Thomas Doxey, a taxpayer,
seconded the motion
MIR. Joseph lawson opposed the mo-
ton Oh the ground that the law does
not require the tax payers to support
that department, and if it does not pay
for itself, he was in favor of allowing it
to lapse. The law only required the
taxpayers to support tn common
schools for children from to Is years
of age.
The chairman, in answering some
questions which had heeD DrOnounded
said he would consider the closing of
the academic Department. of the Central
Schoo calamity, an occurrence thai
would ha TO take place were the tax
not voted. O2den City had AWAY en-
jOyed prestige in educational matters
which 1t could not afford to lose. The
department in question was one in high
repute all over the Territory, and, in
fact, their entire school system was
generally admired. He appealed to
those present to vote the tax and retain
for Ogden the Well-deserved reputation
she enjoys, Of being ranked with the
hrst IN the Territory on this i'm portant |
question.
1t having been moved, seconded and |
carried that the chairman appoint the |
judges of election, Mr. Stanford accord |
lngly appointed Richard Williams, |
Thomas DOxey and q A. Smuethwaite. |
The voting, which was by ballot, was
then proceeded with, and the result was
declared to be II in favor of ande9
against the said tax. Amid some ap-
plauSe, the tax was declared to be as
sessed, and after Chairman Stanford, on
behalf of the trustees, had returned
thanks to those present, the meeting
terminated.